Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-23

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beaftsug q man Who had dined than one
about 70 dine. The twins had been
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A earious sxsnf hapDened durinR jus
tice GrAntham's last eircnit IN E1eiznd.
A mAn vas br0aRht NJ and. having heen
conTiotsd prin0ipaily upon The evidences
Of an cid woman. Vas sentenosd 70 3
tsrm of imprIa0amsnt. Immedsatefy
afteRwaxd it vas discovered that the old
woman not oniy kDsw nothing abous
the case, but vas actually 9 witness in
another case at the same sssiz5s, and
had bsen called By mistake.
Tha latest method Of Identifying pris-
oners, which has been iDtroduced into
which Il nov szooessfnily prackioed not
Russia and Japan - veil, l. The exact
riTsi at the Jail His waist, the length
nnQeg, the left fsot, tbs outsfresched
arms, the three other fingers Of the leff
hand, the left arm from the elbow 10 the
wrist, and the iength and width Of the
ear are measured, and the color Of she
eyes and any pecQliaFities are noted
down. A photograph IL also immedi-
ately taken, and By these means the
many mistakes which have been made
By trusting 10 photographer only are
avoided. Inc faet thai during the two
years sinas this mode has been in spsF-
afion SIS nabitual criminals Who pre-
senisd themselves under an assumed
name have besn identEfed N Francs,
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superior 10 any other.
James Pierce, of Shady Grove. L0uis.
lana, saw bear tracks 10 3 swamp on his
farm. and q party was oKganizsd 70
hunt the bear. While the men and dog
we're in the swamp Mr.. PIERCE walked
through the field adjacent unaFmed.
Suddenly biz bear came tearing Out Of
the swamp. Pierce knew il would get
away II not turned back. 50 be seized 3
club and chased bruin back and forth
through the fields. whackinR him we'll
meanwhile, until the animal at length
taFned to the swamp again, where be
vAs shot and killed.
As Salvation Army soldier il Fred
rerioton, New Brunswick, walked cut sf
store with n dozen eggs, his foot
slipped, and be and the eggs went down
with q smash. he never said word
when the boys laughed, though be look
ed mad. and 10 the evening az the meet
inc be told how the devil had COS into
The eggs Just to try and get him to
swear. And then there gas great re-
joieinR when be told boz he got the best
Of the old devil BY keeping his mouth
shut.
Dom Pedro, the elephant who died OF
rheumatism IN the Philadelphia z Dolog
zeal Gardens the other day. vas q mean
beast, and as cunning as mean. Daring
ais latter days il was very dificalt to
give him medicine. So the ruse was
adopted Of filing 9 scooped- out apple
With the remedies and feeding il win
dozen or more sound ones. fhe dodge
worked for awhile, bat ID IN soon found
it out, and after that each apple vas
carefully examined. and the deceptive
one always thrown out.
Not loER ago man ia Colum5ia, Pa ,
gave IS . wedding present 20 York
couple an s. clock, which be had bought
on the insiallment plAu. He paid IS,
and Was slow about paying the other g.
80 the agent. Who knew where the clock
was. went 10 York, scared the bride into
giving Il %, and then disappeared. The
groom brought suit against the agent,
bat be could not be f0and, and the
young man had 10 pay costs. He says
when be mari 3 his second wifs be
wants no presents on the iBstallnent